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Wales’ Jamie Donaldson fired a second straight 69 to open up a two-stroke lead at the Nordea Masters through 36 holes. Donaldson is 8-under par, two strokes ahead of Italy’s Renato Paratore, who followed up his Thursday 68 with a 1-under 72 on Friday.

Day One co-leader Max Orrin fell back to a three-way tie for third after an even-par…

Rory McIlroy’s lead is still intact, but there’s a new look to the top 5 in the latest Race to Dubai rankings.

Jamie Donaldson is now second in the standings, dropping Sergio Garcia to third. Donaldson finished tied for fifth at the BMW Masters in Shanghai last week, and now has 2,353,309 points. McIlroy, who didn’t play the even, leads…